FARBERWARE FW-FRF512US-IN-I6A Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the FARBERWARE FW-FRF512US-IN-I6A
ENERGY STAR certifies the FARBERWARE FW-FRF512US-IN-I6A at 460 kWh/yr, more expensive than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $86 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
FARBERWARE FW-FRF512US-IN-I6A against the category
That's 19.2% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,273 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $14/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Frestec FDBM 1802 SL ($86/yr, 460 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the FARBERWARE FW-FRF512US-IN-I6A. Hisense RQ17A4CSD ($86/yr, 459 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing FARBERWARE's own models
FARBERWARE makes 15 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 14 of 15 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FW-UFR701US at $46/yr, and its priciest, the FW-FRF192 at $118/yr.
FARBERWARE FW-FRF512US-IN-I6A over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the FARBERWARE FW-FRF512US-IN-I6A that long and it costs about $1,124 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
At $86/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the FARBERWARE FW-FRF512US-IN-I6A or its replacement.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
$86/year to run is the predictable cost of the FARBERWARE FW-FRF512US-IN-I6A; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Ranked 3,273 of 4,704, the FARBERWARE FW-FRF512US-IN-I6A sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 460 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.